Sweet Rebirth: The Little Healer

The thought of being followed infuriated Li Gongming, and it also made him feel unsafe. ’Looks like I need to beef up my security from now on,’ he thought. ’I can’t just let anyone know my schedule.’

”Guo Dongmei, even if you’re pregnant, how can you be sure the child is mine?” Li Gongming said with a frown. Even last time, when they were caught together, he had been unwilling to marry Guo Dongmei, let alone acknowledge a child.

’If this Guo Dongmei can sleep with me, maybe she sleeps with other men too?’

Hearing this, Guo Dongmei was so angry she could barely breathe. Tears streamed down her face as she said, ”Gongming, you’re the only man I’ve been with! If this child isn’t yours, whose could it be?”

”That, I wouldn’t know,” Li Gongming said with a shrug. ”We’ll just have to wait for the baby to be born and see if it looks like me.”

Although Li Gongming didn’t want to marry Guo Dongmei, he couldn’t bring himself to tell her to get an abortion. He knew in his heart that the child was, in all likelihood, his, and he felt a pang of reluctance to lose it. Besides, if the old man of the family found out, he wouldn’t allow the child to be aborted either.

”Li Gongming, how can you say something like that to me?” Guo Dongmei said furiously. ”Don’t you know? From beginning to end, you’re the only man I’ve been with, and I only love you. Have you forgotten all the vows of eternal love we made?”

”Er...” Li Gongming hesitated. ’Sometimes, you really can’t believe a word a man says!’

Hearing the conversation between Guo Dongmei and Li Gongming, Zhao Nuanyue cursed them silently.

’This Guo Dongmei is really something else,’ she thought. ’Since forcing the issue didn’t work, she went and got pregnant, trying to force a marriage with a baby. But this Li Gongming clearly doesn’t want to get married, or rather, doesn’t want to marry Guo Dongmei, so he’s just been dragging his feet.’

’If Guo Dongmei really wants to achieve her goal, she’d have a much better chance of marrying into the Li family if she went and said all this to the Li family’s old master.’

’But talking about vows of eternal love to a scumbag like Li Gongming is a complete waste of breath!’

Guo Dongmei’s heart went cold. She had laid it all on the line, but Li Gongming still wouldn’t yield. He probably had no intention of marrying her, and it even seemed he wanted to use her to have his child without any commitment.

’As if she’d let him have it so easy!’

Guo Dongmei was filled with resentment. Being caught with Li Gongming had already caused a huge scandal and ruined her reputation. If she couldn’t marry Li Gongming, no one else would want to marry her either.

Therefore, she had to make good use of this pregnancy to marry into the Li family.

Seeing Guo Dongmei’s expression grow uglier, Li Gongming worried she would cause a scene, especially since there were many people around.

”Dongmei, calm down, please calm down,” Li Gongming coaxed softly. ”It’s not that I don’t want to get married. The Li family is in a very difficult position right now. You’ve seen Gu Qingyu’s various moves; our family is exhausted just trying to cope. We desperately need the Wu Family’s help, which is why I have to play along with Wu Jingjing. But if I marry you, the Wu Family will definitely turn on us. The slightest misstep could have a huge impact on the Li family.”

Of course, Guo Dongmei knew all this, but she didn’t believe a word Li Gongming said. Just moments ago, he was questioning if the child was even his. He was clearly trying to weasel out of his responsibility.

Li Gongming was being too naive. She, Guo Dongmei, was not some woman he could just sleep with and then refuse to take responsibility for. Absolutely not.

”I understand the Li family’s difficulties, but our child can’t be brought into the world in such an ambiguous situation.” Guo Dongmei slowly calmed down. It was obvious that trying to pressure Li Gongming directly wouldn’t work. She would have to find another way—by going through the Li family’s old master.

It would be difficult, but at least the old master was the head of the Li family and cared more about his reputation than Li Gongming did. No matter what, she had to marry Li Gongming. Otherwise, she would become a laughingstock, too ashamed to show her face in public.

Guo Dongmei sniffled and said, ”Gongming, I believe you. I just don’t know when we can be together openly. And I can’t imagine how shameful it would be for our child to be born illegitimate.”

Zhao Nuanyue was taken aback, rendered speechless by Guo Dongmei’s act. ’So now she’s worried about the shame of having an illegitimate child?’ she thought. ’Wasn’t it shameful when she was caught with Li Gongming before?’

’Heh, it’s all just excuses.’

Zhao Nuanyue looked into the distance, as if watching a good show.

The Little Red Carp, who had been happily eating, followed her sister’s gaze and also learned about Guo Dongmei and Li Gongming’s affair.

When it came to gossip, the Little Red Carp had an extraordinary curiosity, wishing she could hear every single word.

Zhao Nuan Yang and Hua Yusen noticed that Zhao Nuanyue and the Little Red Carp were acting strangely. Following their line of sight, they could vaguely make out a man and a woman pulling at each other.

Hua Yusen reached out and covered Zhao Nuanyue’s eyes, saying, ”Don’t look.”

”Huh?” Zhao Nuanyue was surprised. ’How amusing,’ she thought. She was an adult; even with her eyes covered, she knew what was happening over there. ’But shouldn’t he be covering the Little Red Carp’s eyes right now?’

At that moment, Zhao Nuan Yang also reacted, covering the Little Red Carp’s eyes. ”You’re a child. Don’t look at such messy scenes.”

”Hehe, I won’t,” the Little Red Carp said, her eyes twinkling with a gossipy light as she looked at her sister.

Zhao Nuanyue and the Little Red Carp’s eyes met, and they shared a smile.

’We can’t watch with our eyes, but we can use our Dragon Scale Divine Sense!’

And so, Zhao Nuanyue and the Little Red Carp’s Divine Sense merged with the water nearby, swiftly approaching Guo Dongmei and Li Gongming. They were much closer than before, hearing and seeing everything with perfect clarity.

Just moments ago, Guo Dongmei had been indignant over Li Gongming’s denial, but after a few of his sweet words, the two had already reconciled.

The Little Red Carp struggled, protesting to her sister, ”It’s just getting good! I still want to watch!”

”No more watching! Aren’t you afraid of getting a sty?” Zhao Nuanyue glared at the Little Red Carp. ”If you don’t listen, from now on you’ll be eating wild vegetables every day. No snacks.”

”Huh? Getting a sty is just a myth!” the Little Red Carp blurted out, stunned for a moment. ’Was watching Li Gongming and Guo Dongmei worth eating wild vegetables?’

After weighing her options, the Little Red Carp made a wise decision. Of course, she chose snacks over wild vegetables. Besides, she had seen plenty of drama back in Nianqiao Village, and there would be other opportunities.

”Watching, or eating?” Zhao Nuanyue asked, worried she wouldn’t be able to persuade the Little Red Carp. ”You weigh the options!”

After thinking it over carefully, the Little Red Carp declared, ”Snacks!”

Hearing her little sister say that, Zhao Nuanyue was relieved and withdrew their Divine Sense.

And with that, the four of them went back to quietly enjoying their snacks, savoring the pleasant break.